Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Home Care Packages

Richard Boyd Barrett

760. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is scheme similar to the fair deal scheme for persons who would prefer to stay at home and receive their care there; if not, the other supports available to a couple, one of whom is in need of 24-hour care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54805/17]

Protected Disclosures

Richard Boyd Barrett

806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the options open to a person employed by the HSE who would like to make a protected disclosure regarding practices in their workplace that they are of the view are covered by the whistleblowing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54916/17]

General Medical Services Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

327. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to remove lidocaine patches from the approved GMS list for chronic pain sufferers; if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53556/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her long-term plans with regard to the ECCE scheme; if a decision on the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education scheme will be reversed and not just paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53625/17]

Invalidity Pension Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

691. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed persons who became disabled and as a result were unable to work in the past number of years are not entitled to invalidity pensions, even if they worked for many years prior to becoming disabled and for a few years were not in a position to make PRSI contributions, and are now being penalised for this; her plans to amend the legislation to ensure that all self-employed persons who have become disabled will be entitled to an invalidity pension; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53538/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with President Trump. [52958/17]

Middle East Peace Process

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his counterparts in Europe after the announcement by President Trump to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53230/17]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conversations he has had with President Trump or the US Administration since the President's decision to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53229/17]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the services that were provided to persons in Mosney, County Meath in 2007 through the on-site medical centre; and the professions that were represented there. [53455/17]

Brexit Negotiations

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversations with Prime Minister May. [52956/17]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he is planning to raise at the next European Council meeting. [50598/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the specific issues of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52968/17]

Permanent Structured Co-operation

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of commitments if Ireland signs up to the PESCO agreement in view of that agreement's requirement to regularly increase the defence budget in real terms and to increasing the share of expenditure allocated to defence, research and technology with a view to nearing the 2% of total defence spending collective benchmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52967/17]

International Relations

Richard Boyd Barrett

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he has had with the administration of the United States. [52958/17]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in emergency accommodation has an entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance to facilitate a special diet for diagnosed Crohn's disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52978/17]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria he plans to establish regarding affordability in local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, funded developments and on publicly owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52267/17]

Vacant Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to take vacant properties into public ownership in view of the worsening homeless emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52268/17]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the conditions in which persons resident in a building (details supplied) are trying to exist; the way in which the building passed inspections carried out by the Reception and Integration Agency and a fire safety company hired by it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52404/17]

Disability Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if extra funding for a charity (details supplied) will be allocated for an education officer and information officer which will enable it to provide services for families and persons living with dyspraxia/DCD; the reason for his recent decision to refuse funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52381/17]

Schools Property

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable that seven members of the board of a school (details supplied) had to go to court in order to protect the school's playing pitches and the public investment in the school; the actions he will take in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52201/17]

Schools Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he has made to ensure that the playing pitches at a school (details supplied) will be available for the children of that school into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52012/17]

Schools Property

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to protect the playing pitches for the students of a school (details supplied) into the future in view of his Department's investment in the school over the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52014/17]

School Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will progress plans to ensure equal access to education for all pupils independent of their religion; his views on whether the repeal of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000 is necessary to ensure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52015/17]

School Accommodation Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

82. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to have its school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52013/17]

School Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he envisages ensuring equal access to education in view of the derogation in equality legislation that allows schools to offer a place to a child of one religion over another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52011/17]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is an offence under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 regarding terms and conditions of employment on the ground of disability to oblige disabled civil servants be members of the 1984 spouses and children's superannuation scheme, in view of the fact that some disabled civil servants due to physical disability or psychiatric ill health lack the capacity for marriage either during their career or in their retirement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/17]

Naturalisation Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who has lived here since the age of nine and has a number of naturalised siblings is still be waiting for a decision on their application for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52209/17]

Eating Disorders

Richard Boyd Barrett

174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with an eating disorder, including residential care and emergency care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52113/17]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's work with the National Economic and Social Council. [51718/17]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A - economy - will next meet. [51719/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he is satisfied that the Charleton tribunal will receive all the documents, memos, emails, letters and other communications relevant to its work (details supplied) in view of recent revelations that his Department withheld certain documents from the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51750/17]

Departmental Reviews

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to deal with issues in his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51749/17]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the high rates of interest on variable mortgages in comparison with the rest of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51570/17]

Naturalisation Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

235. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are restrictions on a person naturalised through marriage who subsequently divorces and naturalises another person through a second marriage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51544/17]

Prisoner Releases

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the remit of services available for guilty prisoners on release to be made available to innocent persons on release in view of the fact that miscarriage of justice cases are not allowed access to post-prison services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51784/17]

Miscarriages of Justice

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish an independent criminal cases review commission similar to that in operation in Norway to examine cases in which prisoners have been exonerated; if he will acknowledge wrongful conviction mistakes and publicly declare innocence on the quashing of a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51785/17]

Stroke Care

Richard Boyd Barrett

328. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he plans to increase the number of stroke units; if so, the amount by which funding will be increased; the locations in which funding will be made available in the HSE service plan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51543/17]

Stroke Care

Richard Boyd Barrett

331. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the development of a national stroke strategy with multi-annual funding; if and when preparatory work will be done on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51571/17]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reasoning behind the decision of the former Minister for Finance in budget 2014 to raise the cap on the capital allowance of tangible assets from 80% to 100%; if he will report on lobbying, submissions, discussions or meetings in relation to this issue prior to it being included in that budget; the minutes, memos and communications with regard to this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50865/17]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on all meetings and communications involving his Department officials, himself or his predecessor and a company (details supplied), other large multinational companies or a group in which the issue of corporate tax, intellectual property or intangible assets were discussed in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the submissions received or commitments made on these issues during those years; if all relevant documents received or sent in relation to same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/17]

Universal Social Charge Application

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to correct the anomaly that sees pre-95 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income while all other persons on the State pension are exempt from universal social charge on that portion of their income, resulting in the pre-95 pensioners being worse off than other persons that receive the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47142/17]

Paradise Papers

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the actions he plans to take regarding aggressive tax avoidance by large corporations following the revelations of the Paradise Papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50866/17]

Departmental Policy Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [50209/17]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Gothenburg. [50597/17]

State Pension (Non-Contributory)

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the effect of 2012 changes to the calculation of pensions on women in particular will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50587/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

545. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the social housing delivered under each of the categories (details supplied) by local authority, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

546. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the social housing targets committed to in Rebuilding Ireland under each of the categories (details supplied), by local authority for each of the years over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic communications unit and its role in Government information campaigns; and the way in which it works in relation to the Government Information Service. [50208/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the value of each contract. [50408/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50394/17]